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Alpeduez21

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Mon Jun 24, 2024, 07:13 AM Jun 2024

Something I have been pondering for a while now. [View all]

We have categories that group together various types of words. Antonyms, Synonyms and what have you. Is there a title for the names of objects where the name is the objects function? As in screwdriver, washing machine or lawn mower.

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I think that's a *wonderful* idea (and question) cyclonefence Jun 2024 #1
Autological quaint Jun 2024 #2
Agent noun? sl8 Jun 2024 #3
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